Drew Lafiandra
Senior Backend Engineer at Truffle Security Co.
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDrew Lafiandra is a Senior Backend Engineer based in San Francisco with a decade of cross-disciplinary experience delivering scalable integrations, APIs, and data pipelines. He blends hands-on engineering with client-facing problem solving—previously serving as a technical lead at Bluecore building Google Cloud Functions, ETL pipelines in Python/SQL, and optimization work that reduced compute costs and improved reliability. At Truffle Security he continues to focus on backend systems, while his teaching roles at Fullstack Academy highlight strong communication and mentorship skills. Drew’s background outside tech—in water markets and international trade—gives him a pragmatic, analytical approach to ambiguous problems and stakeholder collaboration. He thrives in small teams moving on rapid timelines and is known for turning complex requirements into maintainable, cost-effective solutions.
5 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Fullstack AcademyGerman, German at Middlebury CollegeItalian, Italian at Università per Stranieri di PerugiaGerman, German at University of TübingenLiberal Arts, Liberal Arts at Gettysburg CollegeBA German, BA German at Hamilton College
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
collab-cowboys/shopper
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:36 reviews, 79 commits, 56 PRs in 8 days
alafiand/qwick
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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